Court rules on Tyson fight

London - An anti-rape group lost a legal attempt yesterday to prevent the US boxer, Mike Tyson, from fighting in Scotland next…

London - An anti-rape group lost a legal attempt yesterday to prevent the US boxer, Mike Tyson, from fighting in Scotland next month, the promoter's lawyer said. The Rape Crisis Centre in Glasgow, the city where the heavyweight bout is scheduled for June 24th, had asked for a judicial review of the decision to admit Tyson, a convicted rapist, into Britain.

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